Amazon Fire TV device will stop working in weeks

The portable streaming device turns televisions into a smart TV (Picture: Getty Images)

An Amazon Fire TV accessory will soon be completely unusable, the company has said.

The tech giant is emailing customers saying that support for the Fire TV Blaster will be phased out from January 31.

As much as Amazon has stopped selling tech before, this is the first time they’ve bricked a perfectly functioning smart home device.

The tiny Echo Flex smart speaker, for example, was...